CDV Captain Edward Carlisle Boynton 11th U.S. Infantry

CDV Captain Edward Carlisle Boynton 11th U.S. Infantry. Edward Carlisle Boynton, USMA Class of 1846; joined the 2nd Artillery then with Gen. Taylor in Mexico. Served with distinction during the Mexican War and breveted Captain for gallant and meritorious conduct in Battles fo Gerro Gordo, Ocalaca, Contreras, Churubusco, (severely wounded). Assigned to West Point as Post Quartermaster, 1848, and Ass’t Professor of French, later Ass’t Prof. of Chemistry, Mineralogy, and Geology from 1848 to 1852.  Took part in hostilities with the Seminole Indians in 1855, and resigned from the army in 1856.

He served at West Point during the Civil War as adjutant and quartermaster until 1872, and then resigned once more.

Wrote the History of West Point (1863), along with other references on military subjects. A trustee at Washington’s Headquarters at Newburgh, New York in 1874, and compiled a fairly complete collection of Washington’s orders issued from Cantonment New Windsor, and much more in a very interesting career beyond the military.

Photographed by C.D. Fredericks, NY.

Very good – fine condition.